Biography
Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Julie Andrews Forever
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Julie Andrews starred in Hollywood productions that have become iconic movies, winning an Oscar for her performance as Mary Poppins, a symbol of the m...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
as (archive footage)
Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the 1960s. This decade saw independent film companies becoming more prominent as the bigge...
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003
as Self (archive footage)
This documentary short subject for DVD gives a look at the making of Cole Porter's MGM classic, "Les Girls". Hosted by Finnish film legend and star of...

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from inter...

More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady'
1995
as Self / Professor Henry Higgins (archive footage)
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young...
The Kingfisher
1983
as Cecil
An elderly couple are reunited after fifty years.

A Time to Die
1982
as Van Osten
A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian w...

The Fifth Musketeer
1979
as Colbert
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king ...

Ashanti
1979
as Brian Walker
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and t...

Shalimar
1978
as Sir John Locksley
Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P...

The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as The Duke of Norfolk
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide...

Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
1974
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Charged with the electricity of a heavyweight prizefight, " The Main Event " was filmed live at Madison Square Garden, a venue usually reserved for sp...

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974
as Self - Host
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segmen...

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Don Quixote
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win t...
Platonov
1971
as Mikhail Platonov
The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to ...

Staircase
1969
as Charles Dyer
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police of...

A Flea in Her Ear
1968
as Victor Chandebisse / Poche
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankamen
1968
as A man in the street (uncredited)
A masked superhero searches for a magical golden relic while trying to prevent the plundering of an Egyptian tomb.

Doctor Dolittle
1967
as Dr. John Dolittle
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

The Honey Pot
1967
as Cecil Fox
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
as Papa Giulio II
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes ...
The Car That Became a Star
1965
as The Marquess of Frinton (archive footage)
This promotional film showcases the automobile whose adventures are chronicled in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). After the car is filmed in various Eu...

The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as The Marquess of Frinton
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The nex...

My Fair Lady
1964
as Professor Henry Higgins
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Cleopatra
1963
as Julius Caesar
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...

The Happy Thieves
1961
as Jimmy Bourne
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

Midnight Lace
1960
as Anthony Preston
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.

The Fabulous Fifties
1960
as Self
The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a...

Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
as Self (archive footage)
The story of a young woman named Maria, who unexpectedly inherits a royal title and a castle after the death of her uncle, a king. Heavily reliant on ...

The Reluctant Debutante
1958
as Jimmy Broadbent
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

The Constant Husband
1955
as William Egerton
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his lif...

King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
as Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land i...

Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira...

The Four Poster
1952
as John Edwards
In turn-of-the-century New York, the marriage of John and Abby Edwards unfolds over the years.

The Long Dark Hall
1951
as Arthur Groome
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

The Long Dark Hall
1951
Associate Producer
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

Unfaithfully Yours
1948
as Sir Alfred de Carter
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his ...

Escape
1948
as Matt Denant
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

The Foxes of Harrow
1947
as Stephen Fox
An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
as Capt. Daniel Gregg
A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner.

Anna and the King of Siam
1946
as King Mongkut
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

The Rake's Progress
1945
as Vivian Kenway
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal...

Journey Together
1945
as Guest (uncredited)
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.

I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Major David Bruce
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean J...

Blithe Spirit
1945
as Charles Condomine
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough materia...

Major Barbara
1941
as Adolphus Cusins
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvat...

Night Train to Munich
1940
as Gus Bennett
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England;...

Ten Days in Paris
1940
as Bob Stevens
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true b...

Over the Moon
1939
as Dr. Freddie Jarvis
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she sugg...

The Silent Battle
1939
as Jacques Sauvin
Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.

The Citadel
1938
as Dr. Frederick Lawford
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the...

St. Martin's Lane
1938
as Harley Prentiss
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic mono...

School for Husbands
1937
as Leonard Drummond
A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter ...

Storm in a Teacup
1937
as Frank Burdon
A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Men Are Not Gods
1936
as Tommy Stapleton
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review ...

All at Sea
1936
as Aubrey Bellingham
When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attrac...

The School for Scandal
1930
as Man (uncredited)
Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

The Great Game
1930
as George
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature...
Rex Harrison at the N.F.T.
N/A
as Self
Actor Rex Harrison talks entertainingly about his long stage and screen career with David Lewin and members of the audience of the National Film Theat...